mold problem

[taurusgi]

I have a question about growing the weeds if anyone can help me with...

I was growing some dandelion in an extra large plastic storage box. I wet the soil (MiracleGrow organic soil) and then I sprinkled the seeds on the surface, and then I slightly cover the lid back on to the box (didn't lock the lid) to keep the soil moistured. A couple days later, I found there were some white stuff growing on the surface, and it kinda spread all over the place within a couple days, so I assume that might be mold growing?

Even though the dandelion seemed to grow fine with the weird white stuff in there, I decided to toss the whole box of soil and start it over again.

I used the same box but I put a new bag of soil (same kind) in there, and then sprinkled weeds seeds in there. This time I didn't cover the lid and the weeds sprouted fine. But two weeks after, I found the white stuff growing in there again! The weeds didn't seem to be effected by the white mold-looking stuff, but I'm just worried.... can I still feed the weeds to my tortoise? Or I should just toss everything and get a new box and start over again?

Thank you very much for reading the story. Please let me know if you have ideas!

 

[Yvonne G]

Its just that you were keeping it too wet. No need to worry about it. Let it air out and dry out and the mold will die off.

 

[Torty Mom]

I just started growing some too. I did a little searching on the internet and found that you do not need to cover them with soil as they need light to germinate. Every few days I sprinkle a few more seeds in the pot. So far so good. The first few times didn't work. Try to let yours dry out a bit, and don't cover them with soil. Good luck I hope they grow good for you!!

 

[taurusgi]

Thank you for the suggestions! I didn't cover them with soil either and they are growing fine. I'll stop watering them for a couple days and hopefully the mold stuff would go away!! fingers crossed!